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As much as I love movies that find actors flipping through the air like poorly-animated action figures, sometimes I just need some dudes in a room beating the crap out of one another. I don’t care how much money you have in your budget, computer-generated effects can’t replicate the intensity of two people engaged in well-choreographed hand-to-hand combat. When I’m in the mood for something brutal and realistic, I always hit the indie film circuit. Directors Shaun Piccinino and Jason Sanders 2012 action flick “The Lackey” is an unassuming low-budget endeavor that delivers everything you could possibly want from the genre. All of the fight scenes contained in the flick are top-notch, and provide the same level of thrills you’d find in Jason Statham’s best efforts. What’s even more impressive is that the movie gets better on repeat viewings. I honestly cannot recommend it enough.

Apparently, this film from relative newcomers Jason Sanders and Bryce Hatch has already been picked up by Lionsgate for distribution and it looks like it's already in post. From the video below, I can see the use of the word "zombie" in the description, and while they don't exactly look like normal fare, you know how these things go today. Let's hope this one has an actual storyline, because as of now, I'm not really digging it.

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Phase Two is a Sci-Fi thriller set in a post-apocalyptic future as survivors of a deadly virus try to adapt. Reynolds (John Ross Clark), a high strung professor, and Sonya (Jessica Erin Sylvia), his tough-minded assistant, fight to find a cure and take in a naive teen, Angela (Tattie Grace), who recently lost her father. Jim (Matt Thompson), a tough guy commando, and Eric (Robin Steffen), a scrawny movie quoting warrior, battle outlanders,...